Selling Sherwood Forest

The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest.

England has proposed to sell some of its public forests to help pay off its debts, including Sherwood Forest, the famed home of ROBIN HOOD! England has few public forests left; it's sad to think they would liquidate them. The advertisement for the proposed sale is depressing.

WOODLANDS FOR SALE CENTRAL ENGLAND

King’s Wood, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. 17.5 acres (approx.) of freehold woodland offers invited in excess of £120,000 [#204].

Article on "What Would Robin Hood Say" in the NYT last week.

"In a bid to raise much-needed government cash, the British authorities are pushing forward with a controversial plan to sell or lease much of the publicly managed woodlands and forests in England over the next decade, an area of nearly 1,000 square miles.

Among the lots to be transferred into private hands are parts of historic woodlands such as the Forest of Dean and Sherwood Forest, the legendary haunt of Robin Hood." ... Rest of story here.